Senior Software Engineer - Platform (TS/SCI Clearance)

Visionist, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% retirement contribution

4 weeks paid time off

12 paid holidays

Parental leave

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Platform to advance our TS/SCI-cleared program on a major prime contract. You will lead cloud infrastructure design and deployment (AWS, Kubernetes) and translate strategic goals into scalable platform solutions.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, enforcing security practices, and balancing hands-on coding with leadership to support mission-critical operations and rapid iterations.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in software development.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, Terraform, IAM, and Route 53.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize.
• Experience with Docker/containerization.
• Experience with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks.
• Experience configuring observability tooling such as Elastic Stack, Grafana/Prometheus.
• Experience with certificate management and cloud-native security practices.
• Ability to translate high-level goals into engineering outcomes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure used by the organization's AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Translate high-level stakeholder goals into engineering outcomes and platform solutions.
• Work within ambiguous problem spaces and define structured solutions the team can execute against.
• Mentor engineers and grow development best practices, engineering standards, and technical governance for the team.
• Establish and enforce security best practices for infrastructure systems and data, including certificate and identity management.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Security practices

Leadership

Communication

Cloud-native architecture

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Argo CD

Terraform

IAM

Route 53

EKS

Helm/Kustomize

Elastic Stack

Grafana/Prometheus

Job description

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Platform to advance our TS/SCI-cleared program on a major prime contract. You will lead cloud infrastructure design and deployment (AWS, Kubernetes) and translate strategic goals into scalable platform solutions.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, enforcing security practices, and balancing hands-on coding with leadership to support mission-critical operations and rapid iterations.